TMoP: cemeteries redux

[Bekah]

http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804008886

Mentions "a Finnish-Swedish cemetery at Elagin (Aptekarsky) Island  
(abolished in 1756)."   - That's only missing the "Y" and I think  
they're the same place. Many, many other cemeteries listed at the  
above site.  "In 1738, the Synod affirmed five places where burials  
were to take place, of which only the cemetery on Vasilievsky Island  
has survived. "  Mostly cemetery plots were free and located near the  
churches. http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804010103 (but I  
can't find the source for the info.)  Meanwhile, Elagin/Yelagin  
Island has no church actually on it.

View on Yelegin Island
http://www.oilpaintinghk.com/art/oil_paintings_24317.html

whatever,
Bekah